The Fifth AssassinBrad MeltzerBrad Meltzer is the no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, two non-fiction books, and five comics. A Columbia Law Graduate, he enriches his thrilling novels with his knowledge of law and the United States government. In The Fifth Assassin, Beecher White, the hero of Meltzer’s The Inner Circle, discovers a killer in Washington, D.C., who is meticulously recreating the crimes of the world’s most famous assassins: John Wilkes Booth, Charles J. Guiteau, Leon Czolgosz, and Lee Harvey Oswald. Beecher uncovers a connection that spans over a century of U.S. history and may bring him face to face with The Fifth Assassin. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) This is a FREE event; no tickets or reservations are required. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here

From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, there have been fourteen assassination attempts on the President of the United States.

Four have been successful.

But now, Beecher White — the hero of the #1 bestseller The Inner Circle — discovers a killer in Washington, DC who's meticulously recreating the crimes of the world's most famous assassins:John Wilkes Booth.Charles Guiteau.Leon Czolgosz.Lee Harvey Oswald.

But what's scariest of all is what all four assassins have in common.Historians have branded them as four lone wolves. But what if they were wrong?

Beecher is about to find out the truth: that over the course of a hundred years, all four assassins were secretly working together. What was their purpose? Who do they really work for? And why are they planning to killing the President today? Beecher's about to find out. And most terrifying, he's about to come face-to-face with the fifth assassin.

A NEW THRILLER FROM Brad Meltzer: Follow Beecher White in The Fifth Assassin (Grand Central, $26.99) – the newest thriller from Brad Meltzer. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, there have been more than two dozen assassination attempts on the President of the United States. Four have been successful. But now, Beecher White discovers a killer in Washington, D.C., who's meticulously re-creating the crimes of these four men. Historians have branded them as four lone wolves. But what if they were wrong? Beecher is about to discover the truth: that during the course of a hundred years, all four assassins were secretly working together. What was their purpose? For whom do they really work? And why are they planning to kill the current President? Beecher is about to find out. And most terrifyingly, he's about to come face-to-face with The Fifth Assassin. 8pm